| Enhancement | Description |
| Parallel Server Manager | Supports management of OPS; this additional tool is located in the Enterprise Manager. |
| OPS Assistant | Assists in the creation and installation of OPS databases. |
| Instance affinity | Enables you to use DBMS_JOB to limit an operation to one instance. This can improve performance and makes OPS more compatible with replication. |
| Fast-Start Recovery | Speeds up the recovery process so that recovery and roll back can be done simultaneously. |
| Cache fusion | Enables direct memory transfers of data from one instance to another, reducing I/O calls to the database. |
| Connection load balancing | Balances the amount of activity among the parallel nodes. This is a feature of Net8. |
| Oracle Performance Monitor | Allows access to certain V$ data dictionary views to monitor performance of the OPS. This is an additional enhancement toParallel Server Manager. |